Bernie Sanders downplays Graham Platner’s Nazi tattoo
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Platner is a U.S. military veteran and oyster farmer running for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate in Maine.
Maine Democratic Senate hopeful Graham Platner said Wednesday that a tattoo on his chest has been altered to no longer reflect an image widely recognized as a Nazi symbol. The first-time political candidate said he got the skull and crossbones tattoo in 2007,
Democratic Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner said he covered up a tattoo resembling a Nazi symbol that he got nearly 20 years ago.
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Graham Platner addresses recent controversies at town hall, is adamant campaign will continue
It’s been a hell of a week,” Platner said to a packed crowd of his supporters during a town hall in Ogunquit. “I went from being a communist on Thursday to a Nazi on Monday.”
Dem Senate candidate Graham Platner covered a Nazi-linked tattoo after backlash over old posts apologized but refused to quit as rivals demanded he drop out.